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ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF OUR GREATEST ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUR MOST EXCITING CHALLENGES
VAN DEN BERG, HENDRIK, 1949-
2001
BOOK
Category |
ECONOMICS
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Abstract |
THIS TEXTBOOK PRESENTS A LONG-AWAITED SYNTHESIS OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS AND GROWTH THEORY. GROWTH THEORY PROVIDES A UNIFYING THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH THE MANY DIVERSE ISSUES COMMON TO DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ARE DISCUSSED IN A LOGICAL, CONSISTENT MANNER. FURTHERMORE, IN SEARCHING FOR THE COMMON THREADS ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER DISTINCT TIME PERIODS, THIS STUDY OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT INEVITABLY DEVOTES CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION TO THE INCENTIVES, OR INSTITUTIONS, THAT GUIDE HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
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ISBN |
0072397977
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Author(s) |
VAN DEN BERG, HENDRIK, 1949-
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Edition |
1ST ED.
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Year |
2001
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Publisher |
MCGRAW-HILL
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Type |
BOOK
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Keywords |
ECONOMICS
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Language |
English |
Collation |
610 P., 25 CM.
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